A week into this latest war between Israel and its American partner, and Iran has raised the most profound and exquisitely unanswerable questions on which success, failure and the nature of much of the future global order will rest. Assuming the comments made by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and reaffirmed by House Speaker […]
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The government of Sindh has unveiled the “Greater Karachi Regional Plan 2047”, promising a coherent long-term framework to guide the megalopolis’s growth over the next two decades. It sounds visionary. Yet for residents navigating grid-locked streets and overflowing neighbourhoods, these pronouncements ring painfully familiar. The city has seen a century of master-plans–from 1950s resettlement schemes […]
Over 70 killed in violent clashes between Syrian govt forces and Assad loyalists
Over 70 people were killed in clashes between Syrian government forces and loyalists of deposed President Bashar al-Assad. The fighting erupted in the coastal town of Jableh and surrounding villages. It marked one of the deadliest attacks since Assad’s regime was toppled in December. The violence included ambushes and direct confrontations. On Thursday alone, 48 […]
Seven killed in north Afghanistan as blast hits vehicle with oil workers
At least seven people were killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday when a blast hit a vehicle carrying oil workers in the northern province of Balkh, while another blast in the eastern city of Jalalabad injured six people. “Today at around 7am a blast took place in… Balkh on a bus which belonged to Hairatan oil […]
Passenger bus hits a roadside bomb in central Mali; 6 dead
Passenger bus hits a roadside bomb in central Mali 6 dead. A passenger bus struck a roadside bomb in central Mali, killing at least six people and wounding many others, authorities said Friday. The explosion took place Thursday in the village of Songo, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Bandiagara, said local official Bachirou Tall. […]
Bomb scare at San Francisco airport sparks evacuation
San Francisco: A bomb scare at San Francisco airport sparked an evacuation of the international terminal on Friday evening, local police said. By about midnight (0700 GMT), operations had returned to normal, the airport said. Officers received a bomb threat and found a “suspicious package,” the media relations team of the San Francisco Police Department […]
Police say bomb find not linked to Christchurch attacks
New Zealand police on Wednesday ruled out any link between a bomb found in Christchurch and mosque shootings in March which killed 50 Muslim worshippers. Police and the military bomb squad swooped on a vacant lot just outside the city center Tuesday finding “a suspected explosive device” and rounds of ammunition. They said a 33-year-old […]
Sri Lanka may need more IMF help as blasts threaten tourism
Sri Lanka faces a likely collapse in tourism following Easter Sunday bomb attacks on churches and hotels, which would deal a severe blow to the island’s economy and financial markets, and potentially force it to seek further IMF assistance. The International Monetary Fund extended last month a $1.5 billion loan for an extra year into […]
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Sir: Pakistan is currently one of the rapidly growing populations of the world and in the South Asian region after Afghanistan, the report said adding that of the total population 64 percent is below the age of 30, and 29 percent is between the ages of 15-29 years. The report presents Pakistan’s human development challenges […]
Bomb cyclone storm hammering central US, disrupting travel
Blizzard warnings were posted from Colorado to Minnesota on Wednesday and wildfires were a concern in New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma as the second so-called “bomb cyclone” storm in less than a month hit the central US, raising the prospect of renewed flooding in the already drenched Midwest. Heavy snow disrupted ground and air travel […]